From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 9 11:40:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D5737B400 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:40:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (oe24.pav2.hotmail.com [64.4.36.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8309343E75 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:40:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unixtools@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:40:00 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [202.63.172.98] From: "Unix Tools" To: "Kirk Bailey" Cc: References: <002201c25603$63e7ee30$2fd6cf18@hyrule> <3D7BFA59.EF047DB4@netzero.net> Subject: Re: Problems with quotas Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 12:23:47 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Sep 2002 18:40:00.0392 (UTC) FILETIME=[4DA1D080:01C25830] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For every user have a symlink to his mail directory. for eg. user tom home directory /home/tom in his home directory create a symlink to ln -s /usr/mail/tom /home/tom/mail now the space in the mail directory for tom will be calculated in his quota. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Bailey" Cc: Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 07:03 AM Subject: Re: Problems with quotas > How do I set a mailbox limit for space? I run FreeBSD with sendmail and Qpopper. > > > Unix Tools wrote: > > > > when the system freezes try ps ax, top on another terminal > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Anderson" > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 05:43 AM > > Subject: Problems with quotas > > > > > Just a simple question for you all: > > > > > > I have had this problem since 4.4-RELEASE and I'm beginning to think it > > > just might be something I'm doing wrong. > > > > > > I've followed all of the steps in the FreeBSD Handbook and every time I > > > try to enable quotas, once I make sure they're on (via quotaon -v or any > > > other method) the system freezes. The odd thing is that the network > > > interface seems to work okay because I can ping the box and even > > > initiate a connection to it through SSH. But I never receive any > > > further data. It's as if I send the connection attempt, and get a reply > > > back from the box and it never actually times out. It's really starting > > > to aggravate me because I'm trying to run a business, but I absolutely > > > need to be able to limit the disk space of my users. Please let me know > > > if there is anything that I can do to fix this. > > > > > > > > > Scott Anderson > > > DemiHost Internet Services > > > http://www.demihost.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > > end > > Respectfully, > Kirk D Bailey > > > +---------------------"Thou Art Free." -Eris-----------------------+ > | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate@howlermonkey.net | > | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | > | http://www.tinylist.org +--------+ mailto:grumpy@tinylist.org | > +------------------Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking----------------------+ > +--------+ > ------------------------------------------- > Introducing NetZero Long Distance > Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! > Sign Up Today! www.netzerolongdistance.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message